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r/FighterJets↗

A community for fighter jet enthusiasts, to discuss and research armed, high-performance, fixed-wing combat aircraft, generally small to medium sized, with one or two crewmembers and one or two turbojet or turboprop engines (fighter, attack, CAS, COIN, etc.) and related content, including their armament, tactics, equipment, and units.

61k subscribers223 posts / mo in Sep 2026106 authors / mosince 2012

r/FighterJets has 61k members (+20% over the last 12 months). It gets about 223 posts a month from 106 people. Top topics: Russian Fighters, F-16 Falcons and F-15 Strike Eagle.

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Size and growth

How r/FighterJets has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+20%in 12 months · +3.7% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202661k
Growing61k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/FighterJets

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−40%vs Sep 2025 · −27% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026223
QuieterPeaked at 544 in Nov 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FighterJets

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Russian Fighters1.2%
  2. F-16 Falcons1.0%
  3. F-15 Strike Eagle0.8%
  4. F-14 Tomcats0.8%
  5. Aircraft Beauty0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Army Recognition
  2. Aviation Week Network
  3. DVIDS
  4. FlightGlobal
  5. Janes

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research